{"id":411582,"date":"2026-08-20T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411582\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:32:08","slug":"east-texas-tonight-former-kltv-meteorologists-life-beyond-the-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/411582\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas Tonight: Former KLTV meteorologist\u2019s life beyond the forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TYLER, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; Tonight on East Texas Tonight, we\u2019re getting to know a man who spent nearly four decades helping East Texans prepare for whatever Mother Nature had in store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mark Scirto became one of the most familiar faces at KLTV, guiding viewers through everything from beautiful East Texas days to some of the most dangerous storms we\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But tonight isn\u2019t really about the forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It\u2019s about the memories \u2014 the people, the storms, the funny moments, the friendships and the experiences that stayed with him throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">And now, life looks a little different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">These days, Mark has more time for his family and grandchildren, fishing, music and singing at church \u2014 and he\u2019s even taken on another important role as Santa Scirto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">So tonight, we\u2019re getting to know Mark beyond the weather map and finding out what he\u2019s been up to since stepping away from KLTV.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KLTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TYLER, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; Tonight on East Texas Tonight, we\u2019re getting to know a man who spent nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[133173,126123,143683,130983,143684,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-411582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-east-texas-tonight","tag-kltv","tag-kltv-meteorologist","tag-mark-scirto","tag-santa-scirto","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}